His Only Son fingerprintNo humor.
Calm and low-key
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Faith and meaning, family, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
His Only Son is calm and low-intensity.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Faith and meaning, family, and the mind
Its world is built around faith and meaning, family, and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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His Only Son is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Angel Studios, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Angel Studios. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 5.9 and Rotten Tomatoes 91%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States.
1 h 44 min
His Only Son runs 1 h 44 min.
Not quite. Critics rate His Only Son higher (91) than audiences (76). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $250,000 to make and earned $12 million worldwide, 48.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 21 storytelling tropes for His Only Son, including Distant Epilogue, Hiding Behind Religion, Does This Remind You of Anything?.
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